One look at Monica Lavin’s beautifully curated blog and Instagram handle, and you’d probably guess she’s been doing this lifestyle content-creation thing forever. But up until recently, she spent her days as an adjunct professor in instructional technology at the College of Charleston. And before that, she worked for a totally little-known organization called NASA (brushes shoulders off).
Why the complete 180? Because Monica soon realized her deep knowledge of emerging tech and social influence could actually be funneled into innovative storytelling around her true passions: design, travel and entertaining. Take a page from this brainy southern belle who took a leap and followed her heart.